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Perks of Travel and Food Writing
Perks is a perfect word for my chosen career. I am having too much fun to call food and travel writing a job. This way of life does not pay me well.
Yet, it keeps me well. I learn about parts of the world that I may have missed... A snowy night in the City of Lights devouring that steaming hot crock of sweet onion soup, those cheesy, crusty bits, clinging to the sides. A tangerine sunrise on a remote Fijian Island, up in time to land that big fish, so fresh it is still jumping as I wrap it in a banana leaf to roast on smoldering coals. The fisherman and I never spoke a word.
Eating well...regional farm fresh food from a local market, not fancy or gourmet, simply delicious in it's native skin.
The best perks are about friends I have met along the way. Including the ones I have yet to meet...Leigh Cort...who writes about "the relationships between the journalist and the people who make the destination come alive." My partner of several decades, Maralyn Hill, more than a friend. When the work or the pain overwhelms the pleasures, Maralyn is there to remind me what is good. It cannot be said enough, it is the people and the joy of doing what you love in life... true success.
Priceless!
Brenda Hill
www.noralyn.com
posted by Brenda Friday, September 28, 2007
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By maralyn, September 28, 2007 9:49 PM
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Brenda,
Thank you for the kind comments. As always, you've summed up our experiences elequently.
Maralyn Hill
www.noralyn.com
By maralyn, September 28, 2007 9:53 PM
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Brenda,
Your description of the onion soup is mouth watering. You must make it for me sometime.
By Ed, September 30, 2007 2:18 PM
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Travel Writing
For me, travel writing is an education that will continue throughout my working life. I have learned more about other countries and other cultures through travel than I ever have by reading books.
As I also write fiction, travel writing has enabled me to set my stories in locations all over the world and to create the kind of detail and atmosphere that comes only from "being there."
Travel writing generally does not pay a great deal in dollars, but it can be...priceless.
Lillian Africano
www.lillianafricano.comLabels: Lillian Africano
posted by lilliana Sunday, September 16, 2007
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I agree with your comments. When reading a book or watching a movie, they come alive if I've visited the destination. Plus, it gives me a better understanding of the culture.
By maralyn, September 16, 2007 3:02 PM
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Leave your footprint in the sand. Sleep under stars on the earth or in a feather bed; but know the place. Not by pictures or impressions but by a true "knowing". This is only done by being there. Travel writing allows you to inspire others to go there and get some of that knowing for themselves. . .
By Kurt, January 23, 2008 4:30 PM
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